A Meta-Analysis of Mental Rotation in the First Years of Life

Autor/inn/en	Enge, Alexander; Kapoor, Shreya; Kieslinger, Anne-Sophie; Skeide, Michael A.
Titel	A Meta-Analysis of Mental Rotation in the First Years of Life
Quelle	In: Developmental Science, 26 (2023) 6, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Enge, Alexander)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-755X
DOI	10.1111/desc.13381
Schlagwörter	Meta Analysis; Cognitive Processes; Spatial Ability; Age Differences; Infants; Gender Differences; Effect Size + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Mental rotation, the cognitive process of moving an object in mind to predict how it looks in a new orientation, is coupled to intelligence, learning, and educational achievement. On average, adolescent and adult males solve mental rotation tasks slightly better (i.e., faster and/or more accurate) than females. When such behavioral differences emerge during development, however, remains poorly understood. Here we analyzed effect sizes derived from 62 experiments conducted in 1705 infants aged 3-16 months. We found that male infants recognized rotated objects slightly more reliably than female infants. This difference survives correction for small degrees of publication bias. These findings indicate that gender differences in mental rotation are small and not robustly detectable in the first months of postnatal life. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01